Retaining-wall.



1 f M. M. UPsoN.

RETANING WALL. APPLICATION FILED AUG.12, 1908. RBNEWED SEPT. 2i. 1910.

982,698. Patented .12.11.24, 1911.

grenr OFFICE.

yUNITED sTArEs MAXWELL M. UPSO, OF NEW YGRK, N. Y.. ASSI COMPANY, 0F VNEW' YORK, N. Y., A COR ND CONCRETE PILE PORATION on NEWv JERSEY.

RETAINING-WALL )atente-d aan. 24,1911.

982,698, Specification of Letters Patent, Application filed August 12, 1908, Serial No. 448,105. Renewed Septeni Tooll whom 'it magy concern:

Be it known that I, MAXWELL M. UrsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Retainngwalls; of which the following is a specication.

y invention relates to retaining walls and the like which are'used for dock purposes, railroad embankments, etc., where fluids, soils or deposits of any character are to be held in a vertical plane, and the object thereof is to provide a novel and etiicient construction of wall of this character having features of advantage and utllltywhich will beapparcnt from the description hereinafter given.

`According to the present embodiment of my invention, my retaining wall consists of a vertical wall of concrete which is reinforced and Js attached to and rigidly supported by a series of wing walls extending at rightangles thereto, the retaining part-of the wall, as well 'as the wings, resting upon the piles and connected therewith, the buttresses formed by said Wing Walls and piles bel- 21, 191e. serial No. 583,124..

preferably str series of hori by a series of vertical preferei'ice extend into 'the conc wall is 'provided wi hich I terniw extend laterally at suitable preference, each of these' angular, as clearly illustr each is moreover support at its outer end to a pi engthened or reinforced by a al bars a and also which by of Walls B w wing wall is reinforced both v horizontally b bars which retaining wall but piles C, as ill the result th taining wall with the further res only form a fixed fo tical alinement with the a resistance tothe vert horizontal thrust agains As sho wnin ustrated in Figs. at the "wing, wall bein connected by means of a beam whichy ls-a a-pted to take care of the overturning tendency .of the wall and also acts as an anchor to keep the wall from traveling horizontally, suoli beam being' buried in the ground und carrying the weight of an inverted triangle ofearth. As a result of the employment of a retaining wall ot' the character stated .I ain enabled toprovide an eiipense as c cient Wall at a considerably decreased ex ompared with that of the ordinary so-called gravity retaining'wall, as well as a wall which will maintain its proper position and alinement under all conditions.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of lmy retaining' Wall taken on the' line 1-1 of Fig. 2, showing a. portion of one of the wing walls broken away to illustrate thecomposition thereof; Fig.` 2 a plan `View of my retaining wall Fig. 3 Aa section'on'th'e line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring to the embodiment of myyinvention illustrated in Figs. `l, 2 and 3, the retaininglwall proper marked A is formed of concrete or the like and is supported by a series of concrete piles A1' which practically constitutesl part of the wall, such piles being formed or :sunk into the soil in any suitable'inanner. V'.Ihe retaining wall is engthening bars er and also .with th all as well as with e piles C as seen in 85 ence,A said str with each oth of the retaining W strengthening bars o in th r explain-ed in reifery rm of retaining wall, ribedis eflicien't and' practice find that its 99 derably increased by the 1n D which is buriedin thennects the buttresses which v and their piles. preferably strengthened lengthening bars al. beam isto take care of y of the wall, it being ies the Weight h. Such beam lo@ to keep the wall from hile, es hereinafte ence to the modified yfo the wall thus far desc practical,I yet in eiiicieney is consi provision of-a bea ground and co by the wing walls means of the st function ot' this overturning ten understood that of an inverted triangle of cart also acts as an anchor traveling horizontally. l

The retain scribed may method but practiced by meth erably of concrete are first dri ing wall structure 'above 'de e constructed according according to the method 'mb e piles, -which are pref` Yeinzt'orced concrete.y ormed, in which opera` placed in a shell which been` prelimina blydriven by means of l1@ a core. iWhere reinforced concrete piles are used, the reinforcement, that is the bars, etc., herembefore referred to, extends above the top of the piles so that the reinforced parts of, the wall may be snbstz'lntially attaehed to the reinforcement in the piles.' .After the piles are thus formed, the Wall retaining Wall' may be employed' to hold loaclcthe earth which is located on the buttress side of ,the Wall, yet such Wall may be employed to hold back 'ivater'on the smooth side ot' the Wall.

Retaining walls consti'LictetLaccoi-ding to my invention embody vnl nnerous improvements over the ordinary gravity.retaining Wall in that the cost is considerably de creased and a better retaining wallproduced. ltloreover, footings of large arca', which are commonly required, are dispensed with and a retaining Wall is formedwhich cannot sottle or be forced .ont of alinement, for the provision of the, Wing walls and their fixed foundations or supports taires care or' the horizontal thrust against the retaining Wall, such foundations or concrete piles taking care both of the lifting components of the wing walls and the settlingl components thereof. Also, by means of vthe reinforcement through the piles of the retaining wall a stiffening action is obtained, dueto the pressure of the earth exerted against the piles beneath the ground. Again, bythe e1nploynient of the cross beam connecting the ends of the bnttresses l. provide 'against the overturning tendency of the Wall and also.

prevent such Wall from traveling horizontally. Furthermore,by the use oi' my i-nvention, the'usual foundations or' .so-called slabs belou1 the wing Walls may be dispensed Wit-h, so that the weight ot the earth does not need to be carried on the structure while my beam which 'takes care-oit the overturir ing movement is placed at a. position most advantageous for its purposes. Thus I avoid thenecessity 'of other retaining 'Wall' con- Vstrnctions of Aprox-'iding most substantial foundations.

I claim: y Y, 'l..- A retaining wall comprising a vert-icall Wall, vving Walls-coilnccted tiwrewith', piles to which' the AWing walls. ar'c secured, and

"means associated with saidsving vWalls .igor

resisting the` tendency of the vertical wall'- to overturn or travel horizontally.

2. A-retaining Wall comprising a iront vert1cal wall, a rearwardly-extending 'Wall connected therewith, piles to which said' rearwardly-extending Wall is connected, and means associated With said rearwardlyextending wail for resisting` tl' e tendencyof the front Wall to overturn or travel ,horizontally.

A retaining wall comprising a vertical wall, Wing Walls connected therewith, piles to which the Wing walls are, secured, and means for tying together the rear ends of said Wing Walls.

LLAA retaining wall comprising a vertical wall, Wing walls connected therewith, piles to which the Wing Walls are secured, and cross beams connecting said ivin'g Walls.

5. A retaining Wall comprising a vertical Wall, iving walls connected therewith, piles' to which the Wing Wallsgaresecured, and @ress beams connecting between the outer ends of the Wing Walls at a point adjacent said piles. f

6. A retaining' Wall comprising a vertical wall, a series of piles on which suclrivall .is supported and to which it is connected, Wing Walls connected with the vertical wall, piles to which the outer ends of the Wing Walls are secured, and cross beams adapted to be located below the ground and to connect the Wing .walls at their outerfei'ids.4

7, A retaining Wall comiprisin` a `vertical Wall, a. series of piles supporting such wall and :forming a part thereof,a series of triangular'shapcd Wing Walls connected with the vertical Wall, a series of piles connected with the outer ends of .such wing Walls and supported thereby, and cross beams connecting jbctwcen said last mentioned series of piles and the Wing walls.-

8. A retaining wall comprising a vertical 'les Wall, a series of' piles supporting such Wall and formingpart thereof, wing Walls connected with the vertical Wall, a series oit piles .connected with the outer ends of such Wing walls for Asupporting and holding the latter walls, )and reinforcing bars extending through the wing Walls and anchored at their ends in both sets of piles.

0. A retainingI Wall comprising a vertical Wall, a series of piles supporting such wall and forming part thereof, Wing' walls connected with the vertical Wall, a series of piles connected with the outer ends of such Wing Walls torsnpporting and holding the latter walls, cross-beams connecting the outer ends of' the Wing. walls, and interlocking reinioreii'ig bars located in the wing walls and the cross-beams.

' MAXWELL M. UPSON. WYitncsses:

lauren E. Irflorn, Invi'xe A. Flan. 

